AI mentor to prepare for NEET exams, for undergraduate medical education. Students are taught through AI mentors that are based on real teachers who have taught over 125K students. Students can watch AI-generated videos, practice, solve doubts and undertake revision on the platform. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount led by Boundless Ventures, along with angels. Founded in Jul 2024, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Ajit (IIT Bombay '16) worked on product across Swasth Alliance (non-profit digital backbone for integrated care delivery), Thoughtworks and eGovernments Foundation. CTO Praveen (IIT Bombay '16) was Senior Staff Data Scientist at Simpl, and data scientist at FlexiLoans and Flyrobe.

CCTV video intelligence platform that turns existing CCTVs into agentic intelligence for footfalls, dwell time, queues, staff activity and hotspots. The software can identify people of interest and has a 98% re-identification rate, outperforming commercial benchmarks. Used at over 500 retail stores, with over 12,000 connected cameras in 45 cities. This is at a time when critical AI infrastructure is dominated by foreign players, with this company positioning itself as a sovereign alternative in computer vision and security intelligence. ₹7.5CR first institutional round from Le Travenues Technology Ltd., the parent company of Ixigo. Founded in Sep 2023, Noida based. Founders: CEO Adarsh (IIT BHU '04) was Chief Data Scientist at mobile gaming studio Octro, founded RTO fraud prevention startup ThirdWatch, acquired by Razorpay, and was CTO of HT Mobile Solutions. Tushar (NSIT '21) was Data Scientist at Octro. Piyush (IIT Bombay '12) was Lead Data Scientist at Octro, AVP of Innovation at HDFC ERGO General Insurance and was very briefly (seven months) CTO at Purple Style Labs.

AI-first in-store music intelligence platform for retail, hospitality and commercial spaces. Live in 30 locations, its Hybrid Neuro-Symbolic Music Engine dynamically adjusts music based on venue type, weather, temperature, time of day, and customer environment. The platform analyses characteristics including tempo, rhythm, energy, spectral balance to select the right music for the venue. It also operates a QR-based song request platform for restaurants, bars, clubs, and entertainment venues. ₹5CR seed round led by Nikhil Gandhi through GIPL. Other investors: MGB Family Office, Narendra Singh Yadav (Paytm), and angel investors through One Love Technologies, the startup's parent company. Founded in Jan 2025, Mumbai based. Founder & CEO Amandeep (Christ Univ. 17) started out at E&Y, was Head of Growth & Analytics at Amazon MX Player (four years) and was a GM at Paytm (~two years).

Consumer AI companion building an emotionally intelligent voice AI interface for Indian language users who prefer speaking in their local language (English, Hindu, Telegu), over text. Users can shop, make travel bookings, find jobs, find properties, access government services, and run their business using voice on the Maya AI app. The app has been downloaded over 3M times in India, MENA and SE Asia. $1.9M seed round led by South Park Commons. Founded in Mar 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Dheemanth (SRM IST '23; NYU '24) started soon after his Master's degree, along with CTO Bharath (SASTRA, Thanjavur '23; NYU '25) who was Member of Technical Staff at Oracle for a year.

Verification layer for high-stakes AI usage in tax, healthcare, financial compliance and government policy. It turns complex domain knowledge into machine verifiable truth, where every claim is grounded, traceable, and accountable. $27M seed round led by Khosla Ventures. Other investors: Accel, Boldcap, Nexus Venture Partners, Premji Invest, and Unbound. Founders: CEO Ranjan (IIT Madras '17) co-founded Astra (automating sales pipeline execution) and is ex-Propshort (ML architect); Google (software engineer) and Graviton Research Capital (software engineer); CTO Krishan (IIT Madras '16) was a software engineer at Glean prior to which he was Staff Software Engineer at Google (~six years); Co-Founder & Chief Scientist Sanjay (IIT Madras '16) was a software engineer at Google DeepMind (~three years) and Google (~five years).

Creator management platform that brings growth, learning, monetisation, discovery, verification, and collaboration management into a single platform. 500K creators onboarded. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. Founded in June 2022, Udaipur based. Founders: CEO & CMO Sankalp, CTO Tushar and COO Shivani were co-founders of social media and influencer marketing agency GrowShal.

Managed marketplace for used two-wheelers. It offers instant valuation, doorstep inspection, paperwork handling, instant online payments, and direct connection with the right buyers. It plans to integrate AI across its value chain, including vehicle sourcing, assessment, price discovery, and sales operations. Works with 200 dealer partners across Bangalore, Mumbai and Pune, and has partnered with two-wheeler EV manufacturers for exchange programs. Crossed ₹30CR GMV and 4,000 vehicles sold in the last year, growing 5x in that time. ₹10CR seed round. Founded in Oct 2024, Pune based. Founders: CEO Sagar (AMII MBA) was VP of Sales at CredR (two-wheeler marketplace) and RentoMojo (four years each), starting out in sales roles at Spencer's, Reliance Comm., Sify, and IndiaProperty.com. COO Ajit (Savitribai Phule Pune Univ. '11) is also ex-CredR and RentoMojo (four years each) and started out at Sakal Media Group and Radio Mirchi.

AI-native fractional family office and asset management platform for founders, HNIs and institutions. Its offering includes asset allocation, investment oversight, consolidated reporting, tax-efficient structuring, succession and estate planning, governance, philanthropy, real assets, alternatives, and long-term wealth stewardship. $3.1M in pre-seed funding round led by BEENEXT, Sparrow, Shastra VC, DeVC, Warmup Ventures, Atrium Ventures, and 91ventures. Angels: Amit Ranjan (DigiLocker, SlideShare), Chirag Taneja (GoKwik), Revant Bhate (Mosaic Wellness), Shantanu Deshpande (Bombay Shaving Co.), Kashish Sharma (EquityList). Founded in Jul 2025, Mumbai based. Founders: Girish (NSIT '07; FMS '10) was Co-Chief Investment Officer at Welpsun One, prior to which he was Head of Investments at Godrej Fund Management for close to a decade. He started out with Godrej Properties for close to four years; Zuhaib (Jamia '07; FMS '09) was VP International Expansion at Leap Finance. He started out at JP Morgan, co-founded Shopatplaces (marketplace for authentic artisanal products); followed by five years with the Apeejay Stya & Svran Group, acting as CEO for their admissions consulting, coaching, EdTech solutions for schools and colleges, and travel-tech businesses.

Music technology group offering distribution, marketing and publishing infrastructure for independent artists and labels. Its community now represents 200K independent artists and labels across 45 countries, with artists on the platform growing 25% in the last month. These artists have collectively crossed 3 billion streams across global streaming platforms. Seed round of an undisclosed amount led by Ahdritz Capital, along with SumoSan, 10X Global, and Marigold Capital. Delhi based, founded in Apr 2022. Founder Rohan (Amity Univ. '15) co-founded Nesho Recycling World (batteries, electronics, plastics) in 2019.

AI Product Manager for software teams, using agentic architectures to help decide what software to build. With AI, the bottleneck for product teams has shifted from execution to deciding what to build. The product manager evaluates ideas for customer value, feasibility, cost, risk and business impact, before dev begins. Early adoption in the US, with government agencies and county-level tech teams. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. Palo Alto based, founded in Feb 2025. Founders: CEO Yash (Hindu College '20; Great Lakes '21; Narsee Monjee '24) was a data scientist at MathCo; Ashrey (Boston University '20) was a management consultant at Modular Startups in Boston.